Shelving-support



A. VANDERVELD.

SHELVING SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1912.

1 27,748, Patented J an. 13, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY VANDERVELD, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE C0., OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

SHELVING-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

Application filed July 2, 1917; Serial No. 178,190.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY VANDER- VELD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelving-Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an adjustable shelving support which may be located at a plurality of positions along the length of vertical supporting standards and which, when applied to the standards and with a shelf resting thereon, will be held by the shelf from disengagement from the standard. A further object of the invention resides in the production of a shelf support from a single piece of flat metal without waste whereby an especially economical construction is had. These objects and purposes together with others not specifically enumerated will appear as understanding of the invention is had from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a shelving support made in accordance with my invention and attached to and between vertical standards.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through a shelving unit in which my invention is applied, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a shelving support.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the several views of the drawing. In the shelving construction front and rear pilasters or standards 1 and 2 are used, a pair thereof being used at each end of a shelving unit. Each of the standards on its inner side is provided with a plurality of openings 3 arranged in vertical alinement. The front standard or pilaster 1 at its front edge is formed with laterally extending portions 4 the use of which will later appear.

The shelving supports used with the standards are formed each from a bar of fiat metal 5 which, at a distance from each end thereof is cut and bent inwardly forming a horizontal ledge 6, there being left uptanding parts 7 which ext n from-$1. end

or pilasters 1 and 2. When so positioned the parts 7 lie against the inner sides of the standards 1 and 2. Parts 7 are of a length substantially equal to the depth of the standards and it will be observed that the lateral extensions 4 at the front edge of the front standard or pilaster 1 covers the front end of the bar so that there is no unsightly appearance.

With a pair of bars in substantially the same horizontal plane attached to the standards at each end of the shelving unit, a support is made for both ends of a shelf such as indicated in dotted outline at 9. The shelf lies against the horizontal ledge 6 and has portions which pass between the front and rear standards while adjacent its ends both at the front and rear of the shelf it bears against the upstanding sections 7 of the shelving supports whereby it is impossible for a shelf support to ever disengage from a standard when the shelves are once in place. It is of course, understood that a large number of the shelving supports may be located in the vertical length of the standards to carry a plurality of shelves 9.

From the foregoing it will be clear that cal alinement, and a shelf support adjustably and detachably connected with said standards comprising a flat bar of metal, a

ledge cut from the upper portion of the bar and turned substantially h z ntal, s 19 ledge being of a length substantially equal to the distance between the standards whereby a portion is left at each end of the bar above the ledge to lie against said standaids, and lugs cut at each end of the bar adjacent the lower edges thereof and turned to enter the openings in the standards.

2. In combination two pairs of spaced front and rear standards each having a shelf support of the character described in claim .1 adjustablyconnected therebetween, and a horizontal shelf disposed between saidpairs of standards, said shelf lying on the ledges of the supports and having its ends at the front and rear portions of the shelf disposed against said end portions of the supports above the ledges thereof, substantially as described.

3. A shelf support comprising a single elongated bar of flat metal, a ledge cut from the upper portion of the bar and turned at substantially right angles between the ends of said bar whereby at each end of the bar an upstanding portion is left projecting above the ledge, and means integral with the bar at each end thereof and turned at right angles therefrom for connecting the same to a support, substantially as described.

4. A shelf support comprising a fiat b'ar, said bar normally being disposed horizontal in the direction of its length and vertical in the direction of its width, a horizontal ledge on the bar turned from the upper portion thereof, and an integral horizontally pro jecting lug cut and turned from the bar at each end thereof and located below the ledge adapting the bar for detachable connection to suitable supports by insertion of said lugs in openings in the supports.

5. A shelf support comprising a flat bar of metal said bar normally being disposed horizontal in the direction of its length and vertical in the direction of its width, a sec tion severed at its ends from the bar at a distance from each end thereof and turned into substantially horizontal position to provide a supporting ledge and lugs struck one from and at each end of the bar and turned laterally substantially at right angles to the bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANTHONY VANDERVELD. 

